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FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY 2018 Annual Report VISION To be an international leader in the study and advancement of human movement, sport, health and wellness. MISSION To provide excellence in research, education and community programs related to human movement, sport, health and wellness. DEAN’S MESSAGE Research in the Faculty of Kinesiology is world-renowned and improves the health and mobility of individuals of all ages, from youth to older individuals, and from recreational participants to elite and Olympic athletes. This year, our faculty was ranked No. 1 in North America and No. 7 globally for schools of movement and sport science (Shanghai Ranking 2018), based on our research quality and productivity. This is a truly great accomplishment. Our faculty is continuing to find ways to improve human perfor- mance. This annual report details our accomplishments for 2018. Here are a few highlights. We are: • Leading a pan-Canadian research program to reduce concussions and their conse- quences in youth sport on a national level after receiving $12 million CDN from the Na- tional Football League’s Scientific Advisory Board. • Calling for tighter restrictions on the marketing of energy drinks to youth by creating new recommendations and warnings on the safety of these drinks. • Researching social supports to help older adults keep physically active and find practical applications to those who are 55-plus, including those who may face barriers. • Anticipating the future by launching a new program specializing in wearable technolo- gy, which is expected to help with a shortage of qualified professionals. • Demonstrating that reconstruction of the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament is associated with severe, and long-term degeneration of the semitendinosus muscle. • Informing best practices for injury reduction and prevention with a partnership with Al- berta Ballet, one of the few dance-science collaborations in the world. • Changing volleyball policy to prevent concussions after finding that 15 per cent of the concussions happened during the warmup and 46 per cent happened during practice. We have achieved so much this year. I am proud of the research and education that we do in the Faculty of Kinesiology and how we have a direct impact on the health and mobility of our society. Sincerely, Dr. Penny Werthner, PhD Dean and Professor 2018 Annual Report 3 HIGHLIGHTS Honor Carolyn Emery — Carol L. Richards Lectureship, Université Laval. “Moving upstream towards prevention youth sport and recreation.” Honor Carolyn Emery — Visiting Fellowship, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK. Honor Carolyn Emery — British Journal of Sport Medicine, Inside Track featured researcher, by Ross A. (November 2018). “Carolyn Emery #Fierce Scientist #PassionateLeader”. Honor Walter Herzog — Killam Prize in engineering from Canada Council for the Arts for body of work in musculoskeletal biomechanics. Honor Brian MacIntosh — Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Inaugural Fellowship. Honor Dave Paskevich — The City of Calgary: Outstanding achievement in sports excellence. Honor Dave Paskevich — International Olympic Committee: Commemorative Certificate — Participation in the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Appointed Kevin Boldt — Student Representative of the 2018-2020 Executive Council of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics Award Simon Barrick — Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Scholarship. Award Mathieu Chin — Best Poster Award, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Symposium 2018. “Evaluating the effect of body-checking policy on physical contacts in Midget hockey players using video analysis.” Award Saša Čigoja — 1st place in the 2018 International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) Student Project Competition. Award Nicole Culos-Reed — 2018 Pathfinder’s Award, PROSTAID Calgary, Calgary, AB. 4 Faculty of Kinesiology HIGHLIGHTS Award W. Brent Edwards — Outstanding Supervisor Award, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Calgary. Award Larry Katz — University of Calgary Teaching Award 2018. Full Time Academic Staff, University Professor. Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Award Sarah Kenny — 2018 Healthy Dancer Canada Research Award, Healthy Dancer Canada Conference, Toronto, ON. Award Brad Kilb — Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Student Union. Award Teja Klancic — Best Poster Award, Obesity Week, Nashville, TN. Award Sheharzad (Sherry) Mahmood — Winner, Best present)ation, Session 1, McCaig Undergraduate Student Symposium. Calgary, AB. Award Sheharzad (Sherry) Mahmood — Winner, Canadian Society for Biomechanics Best Biomechanics Poster, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, AB. Award Nathaniel Morris — Winner, Dr. Gord Sleivert Young Investigator Award, Sport Innovation Summit, Montreal, QC. Award Juan Murias — GREAT supervisor award, Faculty of Graduate Studies’, University of Calgary. Award Sadhiq Nazeer — Winner, Faculty of Kinesiology Award, Faculty of Kinesiology Award, University of Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium. Award Louise Neave — Winner, Best Oral present)ation in Biomechanics, 12th Annual Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Calgary AB. Award Jodi Nettleton — Basic Science Poster Award, Obesity Week, Nashville, TN. 2018 Annual Report 5 HIGHLIGHTS Award Jaqueline Rios - Winner, David Winter Doctoral Young Investigator Award, Canadian Society for Biomechanics, CSB 2018 Halifax. Halifax, NS. Award Kathryn Schneider, Willem H. Meeuwisse, Luz Palacios- Derflingher, Carolyn A. Emery — Journal of Orthopedic and Sport Physical Therapy’s 2018 JOSPT Excellence in Research Award for December 2018 Article. Award Scott Sibole — Biomedical Engineering (BME) Graduate Program Director Leadership Award. Award Justin Tan — Best Poster Award, Markin USRP Conference. Award Rosemary Twomey — Astellas Award for Best Cancer- Related Poster present)ation. 2018 International Behavioural Trials Network (IBTN) Conference, Montréal, QC. Award Tessa VanDerVeeken — Best Poster Award, Perspectives in Exercise Health and Fitness Conference, Kananaskis, AB. Award Preston Wiley — Dr. Lou Goodwin Award, University of Calgary Varsity Athletics Male Service Award. Ph.D. Sommer Christie — Supervisor: Dr. Penny Werthner. Thesis: Neural correlates of performance and neurofeedback training in ice hockey shooting. Ph.D. Jose Mira (Chambery, France & Calgary, Canada) — Co-Supervisor: Dr. Guillaume Millet. Thesis (co- tutelle):Neuromuscular fatigue of prolonged exercises in normoxia and hypoxia revisited: methodological developments and fatigue etiology. Ph.D. Maurice Mohr — Co-Supervisors: Drs. Benno Nigg and Carolyn Emery. Thesis: Lower extremity muscle activation following a previous knee injury: implications for post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis. 6 Faculty of Kinesiology HIGHLIGHTS Ph.D. Ricky Watari — Supervisor: Dr. Reed Ferber. Thesis: Evidence-informed methods for predicting rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with patellofemoral pain. M.Sc. Olivia Bruce — Supervisor: Dr. Brent Edwards. Thesis: Towards the real–time monitoring of Achilles tendon strain. M.Sc. Caitlin Campbell — Co–Supervisors: Nicholas Mohtadi and Preston Wiley. Thesis: Assessing validity and responsiveness of the rotator cuff quality of life index. M.Sc. Kyla Coates — Supervisor: Dr. Guillaume Millet. Thesis: The mechanisms of fatigability from whole-body exercise and its relationship to chronic fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis. M.Sc. Chevonne Codd — Co-Supervisors: Drs. Kathryn Schneider and Carolyn Emery. Thesis: Incidence, risk factors and mechanisms of concussion and musculoskeletal injury in youth soccer players. M.Sc. Eshleen Grewal — Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Doyle-Baker. Thesis: Investigating 24-hour movement behaviours of children and youth attending summer camps. M.Sc. Leticia Janzen — Co-Supervisors: Drs. Carolyn Emery and Elizabeth Condliffe. Thesis: Examining Physical Activity, Adiposity, and Function in Youth with and without Spastic Cerebral Palsy. M.Sc. Kayla Kashluba — Supervisor: Dr. PK Doyle-Baker. Thesis: An Intervention program designed to improve balance and power in U14 alpine ski-racers. M.Sc. Liam Kronlund — Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed. Thesis: Addressing key stakeholders to assess the reach of a community–based pediatric oncology physical activity program. M.Sc. Kristin Lorenzen — Co-Supervisors: Drs. Janet Ronsky and Carolyn Emery. Thesis: A comparison of biomechanical outcomes in single leg squat and vertical drop jump in youth and young adults with and without a previous youth sport-related knee joint injury. 2018 Annual Report 7 HIGHLIGHTS M.Sc. Sabina Manz — Supervisor: Drs. Benno Nigg and W. Brent Edwards. Thesis: Running pattern recognition in a comfortable and an uncomfortable shoe condition. M.Sc. Colleen Nesbitt — Co-Supervisors: Drs. Carolyn Emery and Janet Ronsky. Thesis: Physical activity, adiposity, and functional measures in youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis compared to healthy controls. M.Sc. Trevor Rutschmann — Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Schneider. Thesis: Changes in exertion–related symptoms in adults and youth who have sustained a sport–related concussion. M.Sc. Jena Shank — Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed. Thesis: Evaluation of community-based physical activity programming for childhood cancer survivors. Dr. Penny Werthner, Dean 8 Faculty of Kinesiology GENERAL COMMENTS Movement Science and and ongoing collaborations, we hope Musculoskeletal Health to generate tools that allow us to bet- ter assess, monitor